Break the Science Barrier

{{short description|1996 television documentary written and presented by Richard Dawkins}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = Break the Science Barrier DVD cover.jpg

| caption = Cover of the DVD released by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science

| director =

| producer = John Gau

| writer = Richard Dawkins

| starring = Richard Dawkins,
Douglas Adams,
David Attenborough,
Jocelyn Bell Burnell

| music = Paddy Kingsland

| cinematography = Bob Jones, Sam Montague

| editor = John Hackney

| network = Channel 4

| released = {{Start date|1996|10|30|df=y}}

| runtime = 50 mins. approx.

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Break the Science Barrier is a 1996 television documentary written and presented by Richard Dawkins, which promotes the viewpoint that scientific endeavour is not only useful, but also intellectually stimulating and exciting.{{Cite web | url=http://richarddawkins.net/videos/2234-break-the-science-barrier-available-now-on-dvd | title=Break the Science Barrier DVD release notice | publisher=RichardDawkins.net | date=2008-03-01 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911214821/http://richarddawkins.net/videos/2234-break-the-science-barrier-available-now-on-dvd | archivedate=11 September 2010 | df=dmy-all }} Featuring interviews with many well-known figures from the world of science and beyond, it was originally broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom — the first of a series of collaborations between Dawkins and the station — before being released on DVD more than a decade later. The documentary contains many of the themes later expounded in his book Unweaving the Rainbow, which was published two years after the initial broadcast.